WESTERN EQUATORIA, South Sudan, July 3, 2026/APO Group/ — For the first time in years, the sound of gunfire has given way to children playing, farmers tending their fields and families repairing their homes in Tambura County, Western Equatoria State. After years of violence that displaced thousands and left entire communities abandoned, signs of recovery…
VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 3, 2026/APO Group/ — The Office of the President has today announced the appointment of Members of the Culture Reform Council. The Culture Reform Council will serve as a temporary advisory body with a two-year mandate to provide strategic direction for the reform and development of Seychelles’ cultural sector. Its mandate is…
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 3, 2026/APO Group/ — The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, H.E. Mr Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, today welcomed the President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, to the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale in Kinshasa for a high-level meeting focused on…
VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 3, 2026/APO Group/ — The Senior Military Official and Defense Attaché for Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles, Commander Michelle Calarasu, paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, Mr. Barry Faure on Wednesday 1 July 2026 at Maison Quéau de Quinssy. Commander Calarasu began by thanking the…
LONDON, United Kingdom, July 3, 2026/APO Group/ — Reacting to the decision by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “This decision by the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and…
DAKAR, Senegal, July 2, 2026/APO Group/ — The 2026 Yidan Prize Conference, themed “Unleashing Africa’s potential: the role of education in a new era of development,” concluded today with a joint announcement by ARED (https://ARED-Edu.org) and Senegal’s Ministry of National Education to strengthen multilingual learning. Co-convened by the Yidan Prize Foundation, Associates in Research and Education…
